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Firestorm (2013)

Directed by Alan Yuen

Action | Crime | Eastern

Overview

Hong Kong. When Cao Nan and his group of thieves rob an armored car in broad daylight, they don’t hesitate to murder innocent people on the run. Lui Ming Chit, a veteran police inspector, is forced to use sinister tactics to catch them.

Length 105 minutes

Actors

Andy Lau | Gordon Lam | Yao Chen | Hu Jun | Ray Lui | Philip Keung | Jacqueline Chan | Tak-bun Wong | Michael Wong | Ben Wong | Vincent Sze | 陈保元 | Sammy Hung | Terence Yin | Michael Tong | Oscar Leung | Cheung Kwok-Keung | Grace Wong | Mandy Wong | Bob Lam | Lo Hoi-Pang | Cheung Siu-Fai | Phat Chan Fei | Edward Chui | Hiro Hayama | Bonnie Xian | Wong Cho-lam | So Wai-Nam | Kit Cheung Man-Kit | Byron Chan

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
01/25/2015TVStreamingVideo on Demand6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Too goofy, convoluted and melodramatic to be the Hong Kong version of Heat and The Departed that it so desperately wants to be. I also had issues with the flimsy CGI explosions and tracer rounds, which did a lot to deflate the action scenes.

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